November, 2018
IN THE NEWS: SENIOR U.S. DIPLOMAT CALLS ON AFGHAN TALIBAN TO SEIZE ‘MOMENT OF OPPORTUNITY’ FOR PEACE TALKS (NOVEMBER 30, 2018)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten Senior U.S. Diplomat Calls On Afghan Taliban To Seize ‘Moment Of Opportunity’ For Peace Talks SOURCE: Gandhara Friday, November 30, 2018 BRUSSELS — A senior U.S. diplomat has called on the Taliban to seize a “moment of opportunity” to open formal peace talks with the Western-backed Afghan […]
IN THE NEWS: SANITATION AND POVERTY IN PAKISTAN (NOVEMBER 30, 2018)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten Sanitation and poverty in Pakistan SOURCE: The Express Tribune Friday, November 30, 2018 By HARI R LOHANO Pakistan has one of the highest percentages of stunted children in South Asia. Nearly half of the country’s children are at a risk of dying before their fifth birthday! If […]
IN THE NEWS: INDIA’S INTRANSIGENT APPROACH (NOVEMBER 29, 2018)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten India’s intransigent approach SOURCE: Dawn Thursday, November 29, 2018 Editorial THE inauguration of the Kartarpur corridor had many of the ingredients for what a normalised relationship between Pakistan and India could look like: the governments of Pakistan and India working together to facilitate people-to-people contact and religious […]
IN THE NEWS: FOR CHINA, ISLAM IS A ‘MENTAL ILNESS’ THAT NEEDS TO BE ‘CURED’ (NOVEMBER 29, 2018)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten For China, Islam is a ‘mental illness’ that needs to be ‘cured’ SOURCE: Al Jazeera Thursday, November 28, 2018 By KHALED A BEYDOUN *China’s relentless campaign to erase the identity of the Uighurs continues, as the world remains silent * China vows retaliation if US imposes sanctions […]
IN THE NEWS: AFGHANISTAN’S GHANI PRESENTS ‘ROADMAP’ FOR PEACE TALKS AT UN CONFERENCE (NOVEMBER 28, 2018)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten Afghanistan’s Ghani Presents ‘Roadmap’ For Peace Talks At UN Conference SOURCE: Gandhara Wednesday, November 28, 2018 Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said his government has formed a 12-strong negotiating team to seek a peace agreement with the Taliban, as he laid out what he called a “roadmap” for […]
IN THE NEWS: INDIA WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN SAARC UNLESS PAKISTAN ENDS TERROR, SAYS SUSHMA SWARAJ (NOVEMBER 28, 2018)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten India will not participate in SAARC unless Pakistan ends terror, says Sushma Swaraj SOURCE: The Indian Express Wednesday, November 28, 2018 India has been seeking to open the Kartarpur corridor linking Gurdwara Darbar Sahib — the final resting place of Guru Nanak Dev — to Dera Baba […]
IN THE NEWS: PAKISTAN AND THE UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME AND WEALTH (NOVEMBER 27, 2018)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten Pakistan and the unequal distribution of income and wealth SOURCE: Herald Magazine Tuesday, November 27, 2018 By JAWAID BOKHARI After the global financial crisis and the Great Recession of 2007-08, egalitarian causes have moved to the centre stage of international economic discourse. Though views of different people […]
IN THE NEWS: PAKISTAN TO INVITE PM MODI FOR SAARC SUMMIT: REPORT (NOVEMBER 27, 2018)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten Pakistan to invite PM Modi for SAARC summit in Islamabad: Report SOURCE: The Indian Express Tuesday, November 27, 2018 *The previous summit in 2016 was cancelled after India backed out following the terrorist attack on an Army camp in Uri where 19 soldiers died Pakistan Foreign Ministry […]
IN THE NEWS: ANALYSIS: US MILITARY GROSSLY UNDERESTIMATES TALIBAN, AL QAEDA FORCE LEVELS IN AFGHANISTAN (NOVEMBER 26, 2018)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten Analysis: US military grossly underestimates Taliban, al Qaeda force levels in Afghanistan SOURCE: The Long War Journal Monday, November 26, 2018 By BILL ROGGIO Once again, the US military has grossly underestimated the size and scope of the Taliban, despite battling the group head-on for the last […]
IN THE NEWS: JURY OUT ON PTI’S PERFORMANCE AMID CLAIMS, COUNTERCLAIMS (NOVEMBER 26, 2019)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten Jury out on PTI’s performance amid claims, counterclaims SOURCE: Dawn Monday, November 26, 2018 By AMIR WASIM ISLAMABAD: A furious opposition in parliament, bailout package from Saudi Arabia, TLP protests, U-turns, re-emergence of terrorism, peace overtures to India and its much-hyped austerity drive amid economic upheaval were […]